by William | Dec 23, 2019 | Business Growth
I attended a seminar recently about business transitions. The presenter was Michelle Bonahoom of VisionOne. She said that there are some important factors to consider before selling your business. If you are in a position where you may consider selling soon, here are...
by William | Dec 23, 2019 | FM News
G2 Crowd just released its Fall 2019 Workplace Innovation Platforms Report, naming the FileMaker Platform the category leader against competitors like Airtable and the Salesforce Lightning platform. You can see the chart, get the report, and learn all about it here:...
by William | Dec 23, 2019 | HighPower Data News
This past month, one of our clients named Milton Lewin, of The Allocator Network, was featured in the AlphaWeek blog. This is a financially focused blog for hedge fund allocators. Milton hired us this past year to create a website to FileMaker integration for him....
by William | Oct 28, 2019 | Business Growth
In his entertaining book, “Profit First”, author Mike Michalowicz shares a new approach to business accounting which will help business owners to maximize their profits. Mike is the author of “The Pumpkin Plan”, a book which we recommended in one of our blog...
by William | Oct 28, 2019 | FM Tips
FileMaker 18 released a new function called While. Anybody who has done any programming in the past will be familiar with the concept of this function. In fact, the While function goes all the way back to BASIC, if you are old enough to remember that. The While...
by William | Oct 28, 2019 | HighPower Data News
HighPower Data Solutions will be offering a FileMaker Pro Training class on Wed, Jan. 8th 2020 at our offices in Champlin, MN. Wed, 9am – 3pm, with a 45-min break for lunch on your own What you will learn in the FileMaker Pro training class: Understanding of the...
by William | Sep 23, 2019 | Business Growth
A well-known acronym is SYSTEM, because it: Saves You Stress, Time, Effort, Money As Jim Collins indicated in “Good to Great”, the great companies have figured out how to systematize their processes, and then keep doing the same thing over and over again...
by William | Sep 23, 2019 | FM Tips
FileMaker 18 added a number of long-requested features to their capabilities. You can now do some very cool data FileMaker 18 commands: 1. Create Data File: Creates an empty, closed data file, to then open with the Open Data File script step and add data to...
by William | Sep 23, 2019 | FM News
Who uses FileMaker? FileMaker, Inc. has recently released a list of some of the Fortune 500 Companies who uses FileMaker. The list is pretty impressive. Some of the companies listed are: Toyota Berkshire Hathaway Honda Costco Panasonic Nissan BMW Home Depot Wells...
by William | Aug 27, 2019 | FM Products
There are lots of people out there who are part Developer and part Entrepreneur. They are called ‘developreneurs’. Maybe you are one of them. People in this category love to develop and build out their software creations, many times using FileMaker Pro to do it. But...
by William | Aug 27, 2019 | APPS, Mobile
Just a reminder that whenever FileMaker (now Claris International) releases a new version of FileMaker software, they always release a matching copy of FileMaker Go. FileMaker Pro is on a yearly release cycle, so every May or June, you can expect to download and...
by William | Aug 27, 2019 | Business Growth
Some companies are using the power of FileMaker to really customize their marketing options with variable data. Everybody knows that customized marketing is more powerful than cookie-cutter ads. And most people are familiar with mail merge options via Word or...
by William | Aug 27, 2019 | FM Tips
FileMaker Pro Advanced 18 has a ton of new features, but sometimes it is the little ones like speed arrow keys that make life easier which get our attention. They have added this option now: Shift + Arrow = 10 pix jump In layout mode you now have the ability to use...
by William | Aug 27, 2019 | FM News
At the FileMaker Developer’s Conference which we attend every year, a dramatic new announcement was made to all attendees. FileMaker, Inc is expanding their digital footprint, and adding in additional tools to extend the capability of FileMaker far out into the...
by William | Jul 30, 2019 | FM News
There was a recent article in the Verge that now you can get your Apple products repaired at Best Buy Stores: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18691649/best-buy-apple-iphone-mac-ipad-repairs-all-stores This is good news for Apple users. Now we have not just the...
by William | Jul 30, 2019 | FM Tips
Some of the most exciting products to make are the mobile tools, iPad or iPhone apps, which can be used to conduct business in out-of-office locations, like on-site at a client’s business, or even out in the field for some construction, oil well, or vineyard apps...
by William | Jul 30, 2019 | Business Growth
It is an established fact that those with written goals for their life and business far exceed those who do not. Many studies have been done over the course of years and looked at people just graduating from college. They grouped the graduates by those who had written...
by William | Jul 30, 2019 | APPS
We worked with an independent cementing service, located in Greeley, Colorado, that plugs abandoned oil, gas, and water wells. They offer their services throughout Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Clients would contact them when a well was done. Environmental...
by William | Jul 30, 2019 | Mobile
Some of the most exciting products to make are the mobile tools, iPad or iPhone apps, which can be used to conduct business in out-of-office locations, like on-site at a client’s business, or even out in the field for some construction, oil well, or vineyard apps...
by William | Jun 18, 2019 | Business Growth, Uncategorized
The problem with off-the-shelf software is that it is designed to meet the needs of 80% of businesses. That means that only the generic, usual needs of customers, products, invoices, etc. can be met. If your business is like most other businesses, there are many...
